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Timberman made a bit of a splash in the twitch genre when it arrived on mobile earlier this year. The simple premise - cut down a tree without being crushed by branches - combined with the super simple controls and score-chasing momentum made it a fantastic and compulsive little time killer.
Ninja Escape is cut very much from Timberman's compulsive cloth. In fact, the games have a huge amount in common. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Check out the video above to find out.…

Yesterday evening, James and Peter of AppSpy casted a critical eye over four iOS stunt racers in a rather lively Twitch streaming session.
MotoHeroz, Offroad Legends 2, Trials Frontier, and Joe Danger Infinity were the games of choice and, in case you missed it, we've included the full video below for your viewing pleasure.
If you like what you see then why not join us this evening on Twitch (and every other weekday evening from now on) at 5PM, where there will be more games being played and more fun being had. Just don't forget to hit that lovely 'follow' button before you leave.…

Unless you've been living under a rock (or you don't care much for RPGs) chances are you've heard of The Witcher series.
These excellent low-fantasy RPGs tell the tale of Geralt, the eponymous witcher (or 'mutant monster hunter' to the laymen), following the events of the novels written by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Well, Geralt has now made the trip over to Android in the form of a digital board game based on the books, rather than the games. Triss Merigold, Yarpen Zigrin, and Dandelion the bard all feature as playable characters alongside Geralt, as you travel across a digital cardboard Rivia completing quests and slaying monsters.
Check out the trailer below for a peek at how it plays in all i…

Dubstep and video games have a bizarrely lengthy history together, with all sorts of dubstep remixes of classic console and PC games to be found across YouTube.
Mobile specific game remixes are a little more hard to find, but they're out there, and they're quite something to behold.
Here's 13 of the very best.
1. Plants vs Zombies - Let's start off strong: this one's brilliant
2. Chrono Trigger - Nothing conveys the heartache Frog suffers like a dubstep cannon
3. Angry Birds - Because obviously there's a dubstep remix of the Angry Birds theme
4. Pac-Man - Apparently you can get this as a ringtone. Ace
5. Tetris - Yeah, alright, I see what you're doing here
6. Clash of Clans…

It's that time of year when the towns are filled with irate shoppers, your ears are bombarded with tacky faux-jovial tunes, and Santa conspires to fill your house with needless clutter.
So in the spirit of Christmas we've come up with a list of four games to get you on St. Nick's naughty list this year, ensuring that that pesky Father Christmas will give your house a miss.
1. Snow Jinks - At first glance this appears to be a typical good versus evil game but take a quick look at those unlockable 'snowballs' and you'll soon see why we've included this on our naughty list
2. Ski Safari - An innocent skiier wakes up to an avalanche and does whatever he can to survive, including r…

The now and future king of JRPGs, Square Enix, has gone ahead and made my Christmas dreams come true by announcing a brand new mobile JRPG IP in Heavenstrike Rivals.
Heading to both Android and iOS for free this winter, Heavenstrike Rivals is a tactical RPG built from the ground up with mobile in mind. There'll be tappy tactical battles, PvP, over 200 characters to fight with, and a dramatic plot revolving around a pack of monsters trying to destroy a peaceful aerial kingdom.
Add in music and characters designed by Final Fantasy alumni Ryoma Ito and Ryo Yamazaki of Tactics Advance and XIV respectively and it looks like we'll have a serious JRPG on ou…

After a few months of waiting, Godus is now out on Android devices, bringing Peter Molyneux and 22cans' vision of what a modern god game should be to Google Play.
If you somehow missed the original release on iOS (and PC), Godus is a divisive building and management game that asks you to sculpt the land, gain followers, and directly influence the direction of your little populace. Pretty much everyone agrees that it looks the part, but the free-to-play aspects have reportedly put some noses out of line.
This Android version is the very latest build and includes all updates and improvements made to the title thus far, including all the challenges from the Frontier Age. Both this and the iOS…

Is there anything more embarrassing to a gamer than having your last Worm poked off a cliff edge by another Worm?
Yes: having your last Worm poked off a cliff edge by a Worm wearing a ridiculous Christmas hat.
Or perhaps blithely tripping over (and setting off) an explosive Christmas Pudding Mine.
Getting Air Striked by Kris Kringle would turn your face pretty red too.
All of which is now 100% more likely to happen, now that Team17 has given Worms 3 a Christmas update, which you can see in the gameplay video below.
Get Worms 3 on iOS or Android via the links below.
[App Store link][Google Play link]…

Some racers are fast. Some are beautiful. Some have banging soundtracks and a selection of entertaining modes. But few have all these elements - especially on iOS.
Against all the odds, however, Proun+ delivers all of the above strengths in a single, scintillatingly arty package. Pocket Gamer's Harry Slater loved it, and you find out why by checking out the video review above.…

In a move that surprised absolutely no one, Kemco has announced yet another JRPG for Android. What did we tell you about the best JRPGs hiding on Android?
Revenant Saga follows the story of Albert who agrees to participate in a trial experiment in order to save his parents from a deadly plague. Obviously there's a little bit more to it than that - this is a JRPG we're talking about - but we won't be the ones to spoil it all for you.
Check out the trailer below to get a load of that awesome 3D battling and, if you like what you see, head on over to Google Play.
[Google Play link]…

Trials has a lot to answer for. Since the re-emergence of the popular 2.5D stunt racer there have been many similar games released to capitalise on its popularity.
Offroad Legends took the Trials formula, swapped out the stunt bike for hefty 4x4 trucks, and added a few explosions for good measure. Now the sequel has arrived, and Pocket Gamer's Harry Slater has delivered his verdict. Check out of the video above to hear it.…

Dynasty of Dungeons, Playcrab's brand new action-RPG launched today. So, due to its relatively hardcore tilt, we've come up with seven crucial tips to help get you started.
Train your demons according to a strategy
Training demons doesn't come cheap, so figure out how you'd like them to fight early on. Frontline fighters should have their defence boosted, for example, to ensure they're alive and kicking after they receive their first blow.
Use your Fury Skills wisely
One of the keys to victory in Dynasty of Dungeons is using your Fury Skills in the right place at the right time.
It is more advisable, for example, to use FireBee’s Fury Skill at either the start of a battle to t…

When you fail hard in Fail Hard, you fail hard.
But the flipside of this is that any victories, demonstrations of skill, or general signs of competence are met with hushed reverence or whooping excitement.
I think this is best demonstrated via these replays I've found on Everyplay.
Let's start with the bad replays, the ones that make you think “hey, you actually might be a danger to yourself in real life if you're this bad at Fail Hard.
That's a pretty terrible start...
… but that's a worse start.
You know you've messed up bad when you wind up in a bin...
… and you've got to screw up real bad to break the game entirely.
These last four are actually pretty…

Touch Racing 2 has had 2 million downloads on iOS. That's a lot of downloads.
Which is fair enough, because the game's pretty darn solid.
There are loads of modes and tracks, tons of upgrades and cosmetic tweaks, and strong touch-based controls - all of which you can see in our hands-on video of an earlier iOS build.
Fancy taking Touch Racing 2 out for a spin? Grab it via the links below the trailer.
[App Store link][Google Play link]
…

New York Comic Con may be a hazy memory for some, with sepia-tinted scenes of meeting the stars of geekdom and hanging out with their fellow nerds.
For some, the memories are probably even hazier.
Like some of the Midoki lot, probably, as they threw a massive party at the event for their latest game Plunder Pirates, on a galleon bedecked in a jaunty pirate theme, no doubt replete with bass cannons.
They captured some of this #PlunderParty on film and put it out there for all to see / be massively jealous they didn't get an invite.
Plunder Pirates is out now, for free, on iOS.
[App Store link]…